| Final | Team | time |
| | 1. Helga Arendt | FRG | 51.52s | | 2. Diane Dixon | USA | 51.77s | | 3. Jillian Richardson | CAN | 52.02s | | 4. Marie Holland | AUS | 52.17s | | 5. Marina Shmonina | URS | 52.44s | | 6. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 52.60s |
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| Semi-Finals. First 3 to Final. |
| Semi 1 | Team | time. | | 1. Diane Dixon | USA | 52.12s | | 2. Jillian Richardson | CAN | 52.17s | | 3. Marie Holland | AUS | 52.21s | | 4. Marina Charlamova | URS | 52.23s | | 5. Charmaine Crooks | CAN | 52.52s | | 6. Judit Forgacz | HUN | 53.86s |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time. | | 1. Helga Arendt | FRG | 52.29s | | 2. Marina Shmonina | URS | 52.33s | | 3. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 52.35s | | 4. Iolanda Oanta | ROM | 52.93s | | 5. Erzsebet Szabo | HUN | 52.93s | | 6. Jearl Miles | USA | 53.28s |
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| Heats. First 2 and Best 6 to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | Team | time. | | 1. Marie Holland | AUS | 52.90s | | 2. Marina Shmonina | URS | 53.03s | | 3. Judit Forgacs | HUN | 53.33s | | 4. Jearl Miles | USA | 53.33s |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time. | | 1. Diane Dixon | USA | 53.15s | | 2. Jillian Richardson | CAN | 53.36s | | 3. Erzsebet Szabo | HUN | 53.41s | | 4. Marcia Tate | JAM | 53.53s | | 5. Angela Piggford | GBR | 53.69s |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time. | | 1. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 52.91s | | 2. Charmaine Crooks | CAN | 53.22s | | 3. Helga Arendt | FRG | 53.31s | | 4. Marina Charlamova | URS | 53.44s | | 5. Iolanda Oanta | ROM | 53.50s |
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